Lucknow, May 12 -- Calling the Indian Army "best in the world," Congress MP Pramod Tiwari on Monday said that the message of cessation of hostilities between India and Pakistan should have come from New Delhi, not from Washington.

"We are proud of our army that it will protect the sovereignty and integrity of India and if required, will surround the enemy in his own home and kill him...A powerful country like India, which has such a powerful army and has proved that today this army is the best in the world, the President of another country, America, tweeted that there has been an understanding between India and Pakistan. This message should have come from New Delhi, not from Washington. This is a painful statement of this era," Tiwari to...